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noun, plural bêch·es-de-mer, (especially collectively) bêche-de-mer for 1.
1.
a trepang.
2.
Often, Bêche-de-Mer. Neo-Melanesian.
Origin:
1805–15; erroneously for French biche de mer < Portuguese bicho do mar literally, animal of the sea; compare Beach-la-Mar
1805–15; erroneously for French biche de mer < Portuguese bicho do mar literally, animal of the sea; compare Beach-la-Mar
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beche-de-mer
boiled, dried, and smoked flesh of sea cucumbers (phylum Echinodermata) used to make soups. Most beche-de-mer comes from the southwestern Pacific, where the animals (any of a dozen species of the genera Holothuria, Stichopus, and Thelonota) are obtained on coral reefs. Beche-de-mer is consumed chiefly in China.
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